Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Festive food should be fun as well as tasty , so pick a few items of specialist kitchen equipment and tableware to add the finishing touches to your yuletide table spread . |
| 2 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
| 3 | we know , from research even amongst very young girls who only smoke a few cigarettes a week , that when they try to give up they get withdrawal symptoms , and so having a cigarette erm helps them |
| 4 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |
| 5 | These are superimposed on the main curve , and only last a few decades , but can have deviations on the radiocarbon axis of a century or so ( fig. 7.5 ) . |
| 6 | Some only last a few minutes . |
| 7 | Very large numbers of blood cells are required — human red blood cells only last a few months — and there are few stem cells , so an enormous amplification is required . |
| 8 | The 34-year-old star of Bonfire Of The Vanities has had the implants — which only last a few months — twice before . |
| 9 | If you only get a few ideas , you 've only got a few things to look at . |
| 10 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
| 11 | Dad also told Ted that meaning could take years to emerge , but in the meantime he should live in the present , enjoy the sky , trees , flowers and the taste of good food , and perhaps fix a few things in Eva 's house — maybe Dad 's bedside light and tape-recorder — if he needed any practical therapy . |
| 12 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
| 13 | " He also buys and sells antiques for a living and he has promised to come down next week and have a proper look and then perhaps take a few things back to London to some man he knows who is an expert on Oriental China and objets d'art . " |
| 14 | Having two types of procedure , command and processing , that only have a few functions in common , is annoying . |
| 15 | Usually , if the speed is low , you only have a few seconds either to lower the nose or to reduce the amount of airbrake to avoid a bad landing . |
| 16 | Just rub a few drops between your hands and slick lightly through freshly washed or dry hair . |
| 17 | While you 're clearing away old bedding plants , just push a few cloves into the soil , about 4–6in apart , with tips just below the soil . |
| 18 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
| 19 | In certain entries th tha which I 'll come to shortly , do use extra memory , er , just say a few things about er , the one , three of these , three of the Windows products , which er , one of you is using , erm , it uses memory slightly differently , er , if I put an entry in row one , and a ro and an entry on row five one two , then yes , it er uses memory for that whole range there . |
| 20 | Beryl said , ‘ Just wait a few minutes , Adam , till we 've got this cleared up . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Just wait a few months and we will go as tourists . ’ |
| 22 | I just put a few things in the wrong place because I did n't read , you know , put them in too soon . |
| 23 | You do n't need a herd of asses , just tip a few tablespoons of powdered milk into your bath for a skin softening soak . |
| 24 | Just give a few details about age , occupation , their personality , and your relationship with them . |
| 25 | Just get a few odds and ends like you know |
| 26 | Erm if they have n't then you just get a few ideas , got a graphics pack and you say well is this the sort of thing you want , well this is what the er the builder did last time . |
| 27 | just get a few drips |
| 28 | Well it 's always nice to keep a clean sheet , you know , especially away from home , but , you know , we just , just get a few League wins and er get the confidence back again . |
| 29 | Just fire a few bullets , and hopefully the audience wo n't notice . |
| 30 | Just fire a few bullets , and hopefully the audience wo n't notice . |